AltWeeklies Wire
Get Back, Honky Catnew
Beginning with Honky Château, Elton John, along with his writing partner, Bernie Taupin, served notice that he had no intention of remaining tethered to his piano, singing sensitive love songs.
Happy Birthday, Iraq Warnew

The worst mistake in U.S. history turns 10.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
03-21-2013 |
War
Bloody Tide: How Puerto Rico Affects the U.S.new

As Puerto Rico is battered by a wave of drugs and brazen murders, Houston and other continental U.S. cities feel the blowback.
Houston Press |
Casey Michel and Michael E. Miller |
03-21-2013 |
International
Documenting Food One Post at a Timenew

Food bloggers bring a distinct voice to Edmonton's food scene.
VUE Weekly |
Meaghan Baxter |
03-21-2013 |
Food+Drink
Herra Terra Warns You Not to Taste the White Poonew
Worcester, Mass. band Herra Terra talks about member changes, their new CD release and upcoming CD release party.
Worcester Magazine |
Matt Robert |
03-21-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Herra Terra
The 11 Busiest (and Buzziest) Days in Texas Musicnew

A series of vignettes illustrate the confluence of South by Southwest, 35 Denton, and the Dallas Observer's St. Patrick's Day blowout with Snoop Lion.
Dallas Observer |
Kiernan Maletsky, Nick Rallo, Gavin Cleaver and Brian Rash |
03-21-2013 |
Music
Focus on Arpaionew

A new documentary doesn't do much to make Maricopa County's terrible sheriff more likable.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
03-21-2013 |
Movies
Tags: Joe Arpaio Documentary
Sun Valley Film Festival Will Only Become More Successfulnew

SVFF's real star-turn was in its lively, inside-the-velvet-rope Coffee Talks.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
03-20-2013 |
Movies
Truth Citizens: Media Literacy in the Digital Agenew

How do you teach someone what is a trusted news source, and on whose shoulders does that responsibility rest?
Mountain Xpress |
Caitlin Byrd |
03-20-2013 |
Media
La Vida LaCanew

New Latin American gallery opens in Charlotte.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Anita Overcash |
03-20-2013 |
Art
Water Crisisnew

Too many First Nations reserves living with contaminated water in third-world conditions.
VUE Weekly |
Rebecca Medel |
03-20-2013 |
Environment
Wounded Drone Warriorsnew

Won't you reach out and help our brave wounded warriors as they come home from Iraq and Afghanistan?
Is Homeland Security creating a national, drone-based police force?new

Every neighborhood has a walking guy. He's the one who always seems to be out there exercising in every kind of weather. He's an institution, as much a part of the neighborhood as the pool or the park. My husband is our neighborhood's walking guy.
Charleston City Paper |
Tara Servatius |
03-20-2013 |
Commentary
Girls Gone Wildnew

Rachel Korine packs heat in Spring Breakers, Harmony Korine's most subversive act yet — going mainstream.
Nashville Scene |
Jack Silverman |
03-20-2013 |
Movies
Tags: Spring Breakers
Black Waternew

Why flooding off the Waldo Canyon burn scar will be fierce.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
03-20-2013 |
Environment
Tags: Manitou Springs, Waldo Canyon Fire